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Some two hours later, as he was going to the shop, he was reminded of the packet. Alas! it was lost! He checked
all pockets again and again, but was not there! . Unknowingly the packet had slipped on the way.
He was confused. With his firm faith in the Navakara, he went by the same way by which he had come. In his mind and heart, there was recitation of Navakara and he was looking here and there. Even in a city like Bombay, he had faith that because of the Navakara, he would certainly trace the packet. And lo! The miracle did happen.
As he was passing by a shop, he heard somebody telling him, "Wait, your packet of diamonds is here!" He looked back. The packet was hidden in dust. He picked it up. It was his packet!
His delight knew no bounds. He closed the packet and placed it inside his pocket. He looked round to say thanks to the person, to give some gift to him.
What a surprise! That man was not there! How could he see him! He could not be some human being. He might have been some god with a body, who was a devotee of the Navakara. He came to help his devotee here. This was most certainly a miracle.
Magic Over Magic We went for our studies to Mehsana after our Chaturmasa at Jamnagar. Our study was in progress. We came in contact with Shri Lalchandbhai who was imparting religious education on the children in the Pathshala of the Sangha. When we discussed the Navakara with him, he narrated his own experience of the magic of Navakara. I narrate it here in his own words :
